Fred Wright

President of District Council 47

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My Message to You

Brothers and Sisters,

I hope you find our new website easy to navigate and informative. We will be bringing you information about a variety of different topics and issues that are important to our membership. We will be sharing information from our member Locals, AFSCME International, other union brothers and sisters, the media and reliable community sources. As with all new things, it will take several weeks for us to work out the normal kinks in the new system, so bear with us during the transition.

We encourage your feedback.

I also plan to be a bit more active on Twitter, sharing information about what’s happening. So, let’s work together to expand our horizons, build our union and move forward in unity.

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